snaky
Full of curves
Snaky means resembling or suggestive of a snake.
A snaky path winds and curves.
Snaky hair twists in serpentine coils.
The word can describe movement—sinuous, slithering—or suggest the treacherous qualities associated with snakes: a snaky smile, snaky intentions.
In Australian slang, snaky means irritable or bad-tempered: Don't get snaky with me.
Following a winding course
- twistingRotating with distortion
- curvingBending in arc
- zigzaggingMoving in sharp turns
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
spiraling · looping · sinuous · serpentine · undulating · tortuous · convoluted · curling
Smooth limbless locomotion
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- reptilianOf snakes and lizards
hiss · fangs · forked-tongue · cold-blooded · elongated · undulating · limbless · boa
Sly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- underhandedSecretly dishonest or unfair
- manipulativeSkilled at controlling others
deceitful · duplicitous · conniving · insidious · crafty · guileful · calculating · unscrupulous
Flexing without damage
- litheSupple and graceful
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- fluidSubstance that flows
- gracefulElegant in movement
undulating · flowing · curving · sleek · slinky · lissome · willowy · serpentine
Lacking faith in others
- waryGuardedly alert
- skepticalInclined to question claims
- guardedWary and restrained
- leeryCautiously distrustful
watchful · paranoid · dubious · mistrustful · cynical · apprehensive · uneasy · questioning
meandering
Following a winding course
- twistingRotating with distortion
- curvingBending in arc
- zigzaggingMoving in sharp turns
coiling · spiraling · looping · sinuous · serpentine · undulating · tortuous · convoluted · curling · snaking
slithering
Smooth limbless locomotion
reptilian · hiss · fangs · forked-tongue · cold-blooded · elongated · undulating · limbless · boa · python
cunning
Sly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- underhandedSecretly dishonest or unfair
manipulative · deceitful · duplicitous · conniving · insidious · crafty · guileful · calculating · unscrupulous · two-faced
supple
Flexing without damage
graceful · undulating · flowing · curving · sleek · slinky · lissome · willowy · serpentine · gliding
distrustful
Lacking faith in others
leery · watchful · paranoid · dubious · mistrustful · cynical · apprehensive · uneasy · questioning · circumspect
snakystraight
Not curved or crooked
linear · direct · unwinding · unbending · rectilinear
snakyhonest
Free from deception
trustworthy · forthright · upfront · straightforward · loyal
- snake pitsReptile-filled hollows or bedlam
- snake in the grassSecretly treacherous person
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
- snake eyesPair of ones rolled
- snake bitePuncture from legless reptile
- venomous snakeSerpent with toxic bite
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